The Russians are pulling out all the stops to win today's Euro 2008 semifinal over Spain, even if that means offering up two young devotchkas to each enterprising soccernaut who manages to score a goal.

The Portuguese got bounced from Euro 2008 by the Germans in the quarterfinals late last week, at least partly because the sport's most talented striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, couldn't find the back of the net.

Lemmings are indigenous to northern climes, which is a lesson government officials in Switzerland learned this week when they had to change the color of the safety vests worn by the country's railway workers because some Dutch fuckwits followed them onto the tracks thinking the workers were fellow fans.

MLB -- No chance of me having the patience to write a wrap-up of last night's games, but I'll at least give a New York-centric update: the Mets won in 10 innings -- without Billy Wagner blowing a save.

Austria finished its Euro 2008 yesterday with a 1-0 loss to Germany, but of much more interest to the With Leather readership was this exhibition(ist) game between the countries' comely lasses that preceded the big match (NSFWish photo gallery of painted nipples HERE).

NBA - It was Sasha Vujacic doing the whole Leon Powe thing with 20 points off the bench after being the focal point for criticism against the Lakers for being the One Who Wasn't Kobe to take the last-minute 3-pointer in Game 2 when L.